Ante Covic is in talks to return to his first A-League club Newcastle as a replacement for injured first-choice goalkeeper Ben Kennedy.The Jets are in need of an experienced gloveman to fill the void left by Kennedy, who is sidelined indefinitely after rupturing his achilles tendon at training.Covic, who steered the Hunter-based club to its one and only championship eight years ago and was a key figure in Western Sydneys 2014 Asian Champions League title, is a free agent after Perth chose not to re-sign him at the end of last season.With 184 A-League appearances for the Jets, Melbourne Victory, the Wanderers and Glory, the 41-year-old would bring valuable experience to coach Mark Jones set-up.No decisions have been made but Covic is understood to have spoken to Jets officials about a potential move.Its about trying to find whats the best option for us, Jones said.We do need a quality second or first keeper.He would be a good option, but its a long way from being done.We have to go through our options and talk to everyone and see who we can get on board.Second-choice keeper Jack Duncan started against Adelaide in Sundays season-opening 1-1 draw. Rickey Jackson Jersey . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. Colin Kaepernick Jersey . McPhee said that Ovechkins father Mikhail is in stable condition after having the surgery this week and is no longer in intensive care. "Weve told him to stay as long as necessary with your dad," he said. Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. https://www.49ersjerseysale.com/3032l-dee-ford-jersey-49ers.html . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. Johnny Strzykalski Jersey . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months. Billy Wilson Jersey .C. Lions has come to an end. Banks told TSN on Jan 2 that he had no interest in playing out the option year of his contract with the Lions in 2014, and he again made that clear in a conversation with Lions GM Wally Buono last week. Daniel Ricciardo says this weekends Italian Grand Prix has underlined Mercedes big strengths after the reigning world champions dominated qualifying at Monza.Lewis Hamiltons pole position time was 0.837s quicker than the nearest non-Mercedes competitor on Saturday afternoon, with Ricciardos Red Bull 1.254s off Hamilton in sixth. Compared to the 0.149s margin Nico Rosberg had over Max Verstappen in Spa-Francorchamps last weekend, it is proof the gap between Mercedes and the rest of the field has increased significantly on arrival in Monza.The high-speed Italian track is always a trade-off between downforce and drag, with teams bringing slimmer rear wings to maximise top speeds on the straights, but Ricciardo says Mercedes powerful engine means they can enjoy the best of both worlds.This weekend they have definitely shown their strengths again, he said. It looks like Mercedes have a pretty decent sized rear wing as well. It seems that when they want they can sort of turn it up. Then again here last year as well I remember Mercedes were on another planet. For whatever reason we expected to probably be a bit down here.dddddddddddd. Perhaps we have a bit more drag on the car as well, so maybe that is another element that hurts us here.Coming back to Singapore [in two weeks] I think we will be competitive again, and I still think relatively perhaps straight line speeds are not too bad, but the question is are we using less downforce than them which then masks it a little bit. If we can get top five here we will walk away pretty happy.Rather than battling Mercedes, Ricciardo has his sights on Williams Valtteri Bottas in fifth place on the grid instead.I think theyll be a contender tomorrow, Valtteris long run yesterday looked quite good, I believe he had a new soft, but his pace seemed pretty good. I think theyll remain strong in the race, especially with their straight line speed, theyll put up a fight. Massa I think is outside the top 10, so hell probably start on a soft and that could bring him into the race as well, so theyll be pretty strong. ' ' '